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a bill he signed in to law in the '90s. the president says the law allows for discrimination. why is he saying it now? >>> you can join our conversation on twitter. do we have a mower? no. a trimmer? no. we got nothing. we just got our first house, we're on a budget. we're not ready for spring. well let's get you ready. very nice. you see these various colors. we got workshops every saturday. maybe a little bit over here. this spring, take on more lawn for less. not bad for our first spring. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get ready for spring with this ryobi 18-volt trimmer, just ninety-nine bucks. departure. hertz gold plus rewards also offers ereturn-- our fastest way to return your car. just note your mileage and zap ! you're outta there ! we'll e-mail your receipt in a flash, too. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. at tyco integrated security, we consider ourselves business optihow?rs. by building custom security solutions that integrate video, access control, fire and intrusion protection. all backed up with worl
a bill he signed in to law in the '90s. the president says the law allows for discrimination. why is he saying it now? >>> you can join our conversation on twitter. do we have a mower? no. a trimmer? no. we got nothing. we just got our first house, we're on a budget. we're not ready for spring. well let's get you ready. very nice. you see these various colors. we got workshops every saturday. maybe a little bit over here. this spring, take on more lawn for less. not bad for our first...
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that was signed into law last december. unless you fund it, they are still hamstrung. if we do a cr for the rest of the year or an omnibus or some kind of funding mechanism that does not give them the appropriations and the authority to move funds from one area to another, it severely impacts them. one of the greatest concerns we have is readiness. i know that we have troops that are being trained to go to the war theater and they are not receiving the same training they did just a year ago because those funds have been cut. if we do not pass that appropriations bill they will be cut further. i was told by the secretary of the army that he is going to have to cut 40% out of his operating maintenance account. this cannot be allowed to happen. >> is it a problem for your efforts that there seems to be a mixed message within your own party, that many people are saying let the cuts go ahead. many of them are saying defense cuts -- we need them. i heard a lot of people saying things that are not in line with what you're saying. >> in congress, there are 437 people. we canno
that was signed into law last december. unless you fund it, they are still hamstrung. if we do a cr for the rest of the year or an omnibus or some kind of funding mechanism that does not give them the appropriations and the authority to move funds from one area to another, it severely impacts them. one of the greatest concerns we have is readiness. i know that we have troops that are being trained to go to the war theater and they are not receiving the same training they did just a year ago...
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but all the laws they pass around it. in a state like arkansas you still have to get the lecture before you chose choose to have an abortion and then there is a waiting period before you can actually do it. you can't have the conversation and the procedure at the same time. there is a parental notification as well. there are laws being passed that restrict women from getting the choice themselves. it's a run in against roe v. wade and i think it's a conservative effort across the country to challenge roe v. wade and have it come before the supreme court again. >> michael: and it looks like it may, in fact be heading that way. l. joy williams, political strategist out of new york, thank you so much for being on "the war room." i really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> michael: when it's all said and done i'd wagered that hillary clinton would have compiled one of the most fascinating and most analyzed careers of any politician in u.s. history. a new book comes to the state department, and we'll talk with the a
but all the laws they pass around it. in a state like arkansas you still have to get the lecture before you chose choose to have an abortion and then there is a waiting period before you can actually do it. you can't have the conversation and the procedure at the same time. there is a parental notification as well. there are laws being passed that restrict women from getting the choice themselves. it's a run in against roe v. wade and i think it's a conservative effort across the country to...
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>> the law says the president was supposed to submit his budget are very poor. it is now almost march 4 and we have never seen it yet. the house has each year passed a budget. we just had paul ryan they are and the budget he will submit this time will balance in 10 years. we are going to get this right. we are going to offer the american people a plan to get the federal government in order by making smart choices and changers that will grow the economy and get on a better path. lou: does this complement the other leaders on capitol hill? what took so long? >> is a tough and challenging place. we made mistakes along the way. the important thing is that we figured out how to get this right. we have also tried to change the rules in the house to make it a more open process. john boehner led that effort. to make sure that people could deal with it. lou: does this mean regular order will be applied to all major issues before the house of representatives? >> i certainly hope so. lou: whether it is illegal immigration, the bget, whatever it may be. >> i am a big believ
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king says he understands the importance of reauthorizing this law. but king didn't vote for the bill that the president of the united states signed into law. no it was steve king who voted for the house gop's version of the bill, a watered down alternative which left protections out of the key groups of people that the republican bill never made it out of the house. just kind of a minor detail. then congresswoman vicki hartzler. she, of course, another no vote. she boasts on her website that she voted to protect women from acts of violence. but just like steve king, hartzler voted for the republican bill that went nowhere. nvd n and not the bill that passed the senate and signed by president obama. she told mcclatchy newspapers there wasn't any intention to deceive here. hartzler and king aren't alone. as the blog points out, several house republicans did the same thing. these ones voted against it and are taking credit for it and hope you the public don't see anything wrong with this. let's turn to michelle goldberg. also republican strategist susan
king says he understands the importance of reauthorizing this law. but king didn't vote for the bill that the president of the united states signed into law. no it was steve king who voted for the house gop's version of the bill, a watered down alternative which left protections out of the key groups of people that the republican bill never made it out of the house. just kind of a minor detail. then congresswoman vicki hartzler. she, of course, another no vote. she boasts on her website that...
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so voter id laws, laws that scale back early voting, the laws we saw being debated last year. so those are the second generation discrimination methods that are perhaps more difficult to see than just looking at minority voting registration. >> and so i want to get in this last piece from justice kennedy, the other major swing vote here, which has been a bit more technical. >> can you tell me? it seems to me the government can very easily bring a section two suit, and as part of that asked for bail in, under section three. are those expensive, time consuming suits? do we have anything in the record that tells us, or anything in the bar's experience that you could advise us? >> well -- it is just an effective remedy. >> i am confused, help me. >> the question is far more important than the answer in this transcript. what kennedy is setting up is the idea that if we were to strike down section five, do the existing permanent provisions within the law, including particularly section two actually give sufficient protection for minorities? and across the board, legal scholars point
so voter id laws, laws that scale back early voting, the laws we saw being debated last year. so those are the second generation discrimination methods that are perhaps more difficult to see than just looking at minority voting registration. >> and so i want to get in this last piece from justice kennedy, the other major swing vote here, which has been a bit more technical. >> can you tell me? it seems to me the government can very easily bring a section two suit, and as part of...
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bush signed it into law. [applause] 50 years to the day that rosa parks sat down on the bus and -- in montgomery, alabama. 50 years to the day. [applause] rosa parks should feel right at home in the capital, joining sojourner truth, dr. martin luther king and many other american heroes. she will inspire all who walked these halls, especially young people, with her quiet strength, her pride, her dignity, her courage. i told you she was recognized by congress and friends of congress. now i would like to share with you comments from one of my invited to get. the race all great, willie mays -- baseball great, willie mays. these are the same injustices that rosa parks did when he was growing up. he could not be here today but sent a letter and said i could share these words about her. he said more than this, and i gave the complete letter to roses. -- niece. ice he said, change does not happen fast. one person's actions inspiring another. she simply did what was natural. she was tired so she sat down. that simple
bush signed it into law. [applause] 50 years to the day that rosa parks sat down on the bus and -- in montgomery, alabama. 50 years to the day. [applause] rosa parks should feel right at home in the capital, joining sojourner truth, dr. martin luther king and many other american heroes. she will inspire all who walked these halls, especially young people, with her quiet strength, her pride, her dignity, her courage. i told you she was recognized by congress and friends of congress. now i would...
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he says not only did the law provide an excuse for discrimination the law itself was discriminantory. >>> i'm fascinating with the jockeying taking place in bate parties for 2016. rand paul is running, jeb bush is running and hillary clinton, we'll be waiting for her. when does she decide? we'll ask that and get to thul this. >>> what happens when you're too far right for cpac. you charge them with being under the threat of sharia law. only in red america. this is "hardball," the place for politics. the recipe's not the recipe... ohhh. politics. mmmm! [ female announcer ] the secret is swanson. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ that your mouth is under attack, from food particles and bacteria. try fixodent. it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forg
he says not only did the law provide an excuse for discrimination the law itself was discriminantory. >>> i'm fascinating with the jockeying taking place in bate parties for 2016. rand paul is running, jeb bush is running and hillary clinton, we'll be waiting for her. when does she decide? we'll ask that and get to thul this. >>> what happens when you're too far right for cpac. you charge them with being under the threat of sharia law. only in red america. this is...
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as the president who signed the act into law i have come to believe that doma is contrary to those laws and in fact, incompatible with the constitution. the american principle is potentially evolving again. nina, good to see you here tonight. >> nice to see you, ezra. >> what do you think it means to the court that bill clinton came out today and said he was wrong? and that this bill he signed into law is in his view, fundamentally unconstitutional? >> i actually don't think what he says makes a huge difference. the country has changed so dramatically over the last even five years, or seven years that as president clinton conceded in his op-ed piece, you could not imagine the change 15 years ago. or 18 years ago. it is just inconceivable, the society -- societal switch and the switch in public opinion. that is not to say that the country is united in its view on this issue. and there are many people who believe and continue to believe, and for all i know the supreme court will say that well, society may change but society has a way to change and that is through the democratic process by
as the president who signed the act into law i have come to believe that doma is contrary to those laws and in fact, incompatible with the constitution. the american principle is potentially evolving again. nina, good to see you here tonight. >> nice to see you, ezra. >> what do you think it means to the court that bill clinton came out today and said he was wrong? and that this bill he signed into law is in his view, fundamentally unconstitutional? >> i actually don't think...
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the sequester, our additional cuts on top of that, and by law null until congress takes -- and by law until congress takes the sequester away, we would have to aboyd by these -- abide by these additional cuts, there is no reason we should have to shut the government down. >> so it continues to fund the government at these lower levels? >> i never want to make myself 100% clear with you guys -- [laughter] >> -- but i think it is fair to say, that i made a deal for certain numbers. there is no reason why that deal needs to be reopened. it is a deal speaker boehner made as well and all of the leadership made. but if the bill that rises on my desk is reflective of the commitments we previously made, obviously i would sign it, because i want to make sure we keep on doing what we promised to do for the american people. >> couldn't you just have them down here and refuse to let them leave the room until you have a deal? >> well -- i mean, jessica, i am not a dictator, i am the president. so ultimately if mitch mcconnell or john boehner say we need to go to catch a plane, i can't have secret
the sequester, our additional cuts on top of that, and by law null until congress takes -- and by law until congress takes the sequester away, we would have to aboyd by these -- abide by these additional cuts, there is no reason we should have to shut the government down. >> so it continues to fund the government at these lower levels? >> i never want to make myself 100% clear with you guys -- [laughter] >> -- but i think it is fair to say, that i made a deal for certain...
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law was blocked because of this law so it's very relevant today even though the formula that's used to designate the southern jurisdictions that fall under it traces to the 1960's and 1970's and the issue before the court was, is that formula still constitutional and singling out the right places at a time when there's violations up in the north of voting rights in different ways. >> did you get a sense? >> i can tell you that definitely the five conservatives seem strongly against this provision, feeling like it has run its course, that if there's going to be voting rights discrimination, go after it case by case where you can prove an incident rather than having certain states like alabama where the case was brought from, preclear these things but liberals really came down strong on the idea that it is from alabama where there's been so much trouble. just think of in 1965 when this measure was first enacted, it came only because of civil rights marchers in salma being beaten by state troopers. there's a lot of history in alabama and liberal justices pounded away in that saying, essen
law was blocked because of this law so it's very relevant today even though the formula that's used to designate the southern jurisdictions that fall under it traces to the 1960's and 1970's and the issue before the court was, is that formula still constitutional and singling out the right places at a time when there's violations up in the north of voting rights in different ways. >> did you get a sense? >> i can tell you that definitely the five conservatives seem strongly against...
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and the shield law pro help its prohibits any act, federal law trumps state law. lou: the folks in colorado do not know what they are doing. >> a lot of time state legislators do not know the law as much as they should, you do not have lawyers that are pushing it forward, but difference to understand is tort versus criminal, they are making this a criminal law, there are so many people thanningly -- >> this is a waste of everyone's time. >> it not, i'll tel you why. >> let me finish, they knowingly fell to people that -- that -- >> you are saying that weapon manufacturer knowingly sells? >> the manufacturers and dealers. >> but language, look at to language of law. reasonably should have known, might use a weapon. that is so vague, so broad, how do they enforce that. >> they don't intend to, this is pure polics. >>here you go. >> i have friends who work in colorado legislator they have lawyers who have warned them about this it takes a year, and a half to go through courts and be struck down, in meantime they get point for passing gun control, there is an eleion t
and the shield law pro help its prohibits any act, federal law trumps state law. lou: the folks in colorado do not know what they are doing. >> a lot of time state legislators do not know the law as much as they should, you do not have lawyers that are pushing it forward, but difference to understand is tort versus criminal, they are making this a criminal law, there are so many people thanningly -- >> this is a waste of everyone's time. >> it not, i'll tel you why. >>...
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law. the affordable care act, sometimes referred to as obamacare. money was taken out of the existing medicare program which is already strained almost to the bursting point and the medicare advantage program probably 20% of medicare recipients select that model because it gives them more bang for the buck. it gives them more coverage and it includes things and the gentleman from florida knows this. and this is what he's referencing. it includes more than just an annual physical when you turn 65. it includes more than being able to go to see a doctor and have it reimbursed under medicare when you have an episode of illness. there's a strong emphasis on medicare advantage to wellness,, let's say you do go and see the doctor because of an episode of illness and maybe several prescriptions were written and it's very important that the patient take the med case on a regular basis and not run out of med case, under medicare advantage, there would be a nurse, maybe in the doctor's office who wit
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but this is about the rule of law. it isn't so much about him. it isn't so much about john brennan. it's about having rules. gwen: that administration response came in a one-paragraph letter from the attorney general. dear senator paul, it has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional question. does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an american not engaged in combat on american soil? the answer to that question is no. sincerely eric h. holder jr. not every republican loved his tactics. >> i don't remember any of you coming down here suggesting that president bush was going to kill anybody with a drone. i don't even remember the harshest critics of president bush on the democratic side. they had a drone program back then. so what is it? all of a sudden that this drone program has gotten every republican so spun up. what are we up to here? gwen: spun up, chuck. what was rand paul up to here? >> rand paul was talking about something that hasn't gotten a tremendous am of attention and that is this policy of using drones with weapons to k
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at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. lou: bob woodward talks about the threats of the warehouse and frankly it is getting toasted on this one. and today the president's appearance before an uncharacteristically challenging the press corps a new dynamic has begun is it because the end henry started over the weekend? >> i think the republicans are digging in their heels and he is not used to that. they usually cave he said we gave you the tax hikes we're here to talk about spending and standing firm and he is getting defensive. that is not an attractive role for the president who talks about he is not divisive in a unifying. it is an entertaining light and the hall in the area of the republican stand for something finally. >> i find it interesting bob woodward got under their skin. lou: that was an idiotic thing to do. >> he chose to make it an issue it could be interpreted as a threat is to different ways it could be will be wrong or here is the offer you can refuse. lou: i think bob woodward has interpreted enough presid
at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. lou: bob woodward talks about the threats of the warehouse and frankly it is getting toasted on this one. and today the president's appearance before an uncharacteristically challenging the press corps a new dynamic has begun is it because the end henry started over the weekend? >> i think the republicans are digging in their heels and he is not used to that. they usually cave he said we gave you the tax hikes we're here to talk about spending...
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at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. lou: the president asking the white house press corps if they have any suggestions on how to work with house republicans. governor mike huckabee will join us in just momnts. he will help us assess the leadership that is spiring america at this moment in our history. we also like to bring you up-to-date on the latest from wall street. americans suffering the biggest decline in 20 years in personal income. our savings rate dropping back to levels that haven't been seen since late 2007. the american consumer is back, and on wall street, so our stocks. the dow jones up 35 points today, the s&p up 3.5. 3.7 billion shares traded on the big board. the markets posting slight gains, the dow jones leading indexes gher. and not that greenlight capital forcing apple to share its cash stockpile. and the award slashed by 40%. apple shares down 2.5%. bond market yields moving lower. ten year notes closing the week at 1.86%. as for commodities, falling to $1571.90 per ounce, a closing low fr this yea
at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. lou: the president asking the white house press corps if they have any suggestions on how to work with house republicans. governor mike huckabee will join us in just momnts. he will help us assess the leadership that is spiring america at this moment in our history. we also like to bring you up-to-date on the latest from wall street. americans suffering the biggest decline in 20 years in personal income. our savings rate dropping back to levels that...
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you came out for the person who was for stronger gun laws. this case, it worked. can we expect to hear more of that sort of thing and more of that kind of support from you for other candidates around the country? >> well, i really think that things in washington are going better than anybody is willing to understands. the judiciary committee just took up gun legislation the other day. it starts the process. the federal government doesn't overnight do things, and probably shouldn't write laws that quickly. the president and vice president are committed here. there's an awful lot of momentum among both republican and democratic rural and urban and suburban congressmen and senators and red states and blue states to do something that will protect the public. >> schieffer: i want to ask you about sugary drinks, because your ban on these large sugary drinks goes into effect, i guess next week in new york. and already we're seeing some people who are saying this is making it really hard on us, not necessarily people who sell those sugary sodas but people like-- well, sta
you came out for the person who was for stronger gun laws. this case, it worked. can we expect to hear more of that sort of thing and more of that kind of support from you for other candidates around the country? >> well, i really think that things in washington are going better than anybody is willing to understands. the judiciary committee just took up gun legislation the other day. it starts the process. the federal government doesn't overnight do things, and probably shouldn't write...
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two things, as a gale american, i never thought this was a constitutional issue or law, so i applaud president clinton and others, including many republicans who have come out and said this is discriminatory, i'm going to slightly contradict myselves here, this is a states' issue, at the end of the day states and people should decide what's best for them. however selfishly i doi believe it should be turned over at the federal level. >> we're going to hear more from cory booker coming up in this half hour. he's part of this initiative, the first lady's initiative to get kids moving, anti-obesity programs, but nobody personifies this whole kind of movement in areas that haven't traditionally been so political as michael bloombe bloomberg. now he has these ads causing a lot of controversy about teen pregnancy, but i mean, look el he also just announced plans for a social media campaign to get teenagers to turn down the volumes on the headphones. he calorie counts to menus, banned ks. obviously, robert, he doesn't have to worry about reelection, but what do you think is going on here? >>
two things, as a gale american, i never thought this was a constitutional issue or law, so i applaud president clinton and others, including many republicans who have come out and said this is discriminatory, i'm going to slightly contradict myselves here, this is a states' issue, at the end of the day states and people should decide what's best for them. however selfishly i doi believe it should be turned over at the federal level. >> we're going to hear more from cory booker coming up...
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we're for legal immigration and enforcing our laws and having a system of laws that are enforced. we're a sovereign country with a right to enforce it's laws. >> michael: what was your you thought about his use of enforce, enforce enforce. is he in bed with any of these people? >> marco rubio is interesting. when he was in the state limationture he oversaw a huge expansion of private prisons in florida. many financial ties. one of the things that reporters for my story for the nation was looking at some of these financial disclosures and showing that marco rubio's chief of staff whose reportedly the person who has--the architect of rubio's positioning on reform, he still has--he's still he receiving financial payments from a lobbying firm that the main lobbying firm for the group. >> michael: that's amazing. >> which is probably another story in and of itself. >> michael: you have to write that one now too. it's a whole tale. >> yes, the whole problem of congressional staffers maintaining financial ties to outside special interest groups, but in this case with private prisons they
we're for legal immigration and enforcing our laws and having a system of laws that are enforced. we're a sovereign country with a right to enforce it's laws. >> michael: what was your you thought about his use of enforce, enforce enforce. is he in bed with any of these people? >> marco rubio is interesting. when he was in the state limationture he oversaw a huge expansion of private prisons in florida. many financial ties. one of the things that reporters for my story for the...
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in a new book about immigration policy bush and his coauthor write, those who violated the law can remain but cannot obtain the cherished fruits of citizenship. in the book, bush continues, he says, a grant of citizenship is an undeserving reward for conduct that we cannot afford to encourage. however, illegal immigrants who wish to become citizens should have the choice of returning to their native countries and applying through normal immigration processes that now would be much more open than before. this is a far cry from jeb bush's position on a path to citizenship as recently as a year ago. >> you have to deal with this issue. you can't ignore it. and so either a path to citizenship which i would support and that does put me probably out of the main stream of most conservatives, or a path to legalization. a path to residency of some kind. >> less than six months ago reporters wrote headlines like this. jeb bush, supports path to citizenship. today it's jeb bush path to citizenship not needed. this flip flop might look strange to the american main stream but for jeb bush i guess you
in a new book about immigration policy bush and his coauthor write, those who violated the law can remain but cannot obtain the cherished fruits of citizenship. in the book, bush continues, he says, a grant of citizenship is an undeserving reward for conduct that we cannot afford to encourage. however, illegal immigrants who wish to become citizens should have the choice of returning to their native countries and applying through normal immigration processes that now would be much more open...
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because we do not need new gun laws, what we need is better enforcement of the laws we have. we don't do a good job of enforcing for gun laws we have. they have made that case over and over again, they made it again at the public hearings. at the same time the continued unwillingness to confirm anybody to run the agency that is enforcing the gun laws we have. they have been stopping anyone from running the agency since 2006, they still think that is the right thing to do for the country. maybe watching this 3-d image of it spewing out some 600 rounds, that does it for us. "weekends with alex witt" starts now. >>> they're here. massive across the board budget cuts are now in effect. can congress and the white house cut a deal before we all feel the pain? >>> and it's tax season, why the irs may have to make dramatic moves to make sure sequestration does not affect your refund. >>> strange and tragic. officials can't get to the sinkhole that happened suddenly and one man yet to be found. >>> business news, controversy brewing over one of america's most popular beers. is there t
because we do not need new gun laws, what we need is better enforcement of the laws we have. we don't do a good job of enforcing for gun laws we have. they have made that case over and over again, they made it again at the public hearings. at the same time the continued unwillingness to confirm anybody to run the agency that is enforcing the gun laws we have. they have been stopping anyone from running the agency since 2006, they still think that is the right thing to do for the country. maybe...
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the president signing the violence against women act into law and offering a hearty thank you to his vice president joe biden who, of course, had originally drafted that very bill. >> reporter: yeah, martin, i think that that was -- there were some emotional moments certainly during that bill signing ceremony. vice president biden introduced the original bill back in 1994, and then it had some trouble passing. republicans weren't willing to pass it. finally it did pass, and the president today sort of celebrating the bill, talking about the fact that it represents an expansion of preventing violence against women but also same-sex couples, also for those who live on tribal lands. so this really represents an expansion of the violence against women act so the president celebrating that today. martin? >> kristin welker live for us at the white house. >> reporter: thanks, martin. >> much more ahead. first, sue herera has the cnbc market wrap. >> good afternoon. good to see you. another positive day on wall street today. which means, of course, that the d dow settled at another record hi
the president signing the violence against women act into law and offering a hearty thank you to his vice president joe biden who, of course, had originally drafted that very bill. >> reporter: yeah, martin, i think that that was -- there were some emotional moments certainly during that bill signing ceremony. vice president biden introduced the original bill back in 1994, and then it had some trouble passing. republicans weren't willing to pass it. finally it did pass, and the president...
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he didn't want it to become law, and republicans supported it. but it was the white house's idea. he said there unequivocally it will not happen. and yet it's happened. is there some responsibility he bears for that? >> david, jonathan chase of new york magazine, you know, gave the following analogy. a mugger comes up to you and says, give me your wallet. you say, i don't have my wallet but here's my watch. well, technically, giving your watch was your idea. but it doesn't really tell the whole story. we know, everyone knows, that the president wanted an enforcement mechanism that included revenues on the most well off. the speaker insisted, the republicans insisted that, it just be an enforcement mechanism. because we were forced to do that it is true we suggested going back to the graham ruddman hollings method -- >> that's what he said in the debate, i didn't propose it. >> i think it's most accurate that they did propose an all spending mechanism that would have the type of harmful impacts on defense and on education and research. and the idea -- and this is the critical part.
he didn't want it to become law, and republicans supported it. but it was the white house's idea. he said there unequivocally it will not happen. and yet it's happened. is there some responsibility he bears for that? >> david, jonathan chase of new york magazine, you know, gave the following analogy. a mugger comes up to you and says, give me your wallet. you say, i don't have my wallet but here's my watch. well, technically, giving your watch was your idea. but it doesn't really tell the...
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this is about the rule of law. it isn't so much about him, it isn't so much about john brennan. >> so mr. paul's fili-blizzard as it's affectionately called, joining him fellow republicans and one not from the other side of the aisle. when it was all said and done, nearly 13 hours later, paul joked about what finally forced him to leave the floor. >> i discovered there are some limits to filibustering, and i'm going to have to take care of one of those in a few minutes. i thank you very much for the forbearance and i yield the floor. >>> we all agree water has consequences. we'll bring in our thursday morning power panel. kelly o'donnell, democratic strategist angela ryan, msnbc contributor and republican strategist, susan del percent i don't. i want to talk first about what we witnessed in temperatures of the president and the idea of this chat and chew with congressman ryan. we have reply to talking about this, say the indicate is the wine and dine diplomacy what will turn around the grd lock? >> who had said he
this is about the rule of law. it isn't so much about him, it isn't so much about john brennan. >> so mr. paul's fili-blizzard as it's affectionately called, joining him fellow republicans and one not from the other side of the aisle. when it was all said and done, nearly 13 hours later, paul joked about what finally forced him to leave the floor. >> i discovered there are some limits to filibustering, and i'm going to have to take care of one of those in a few minutes. i thank you...
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>> the bedroom floor just collapsed and my brother-in-law is in there. he's underneath the house. >> can you imagine the 911 operator thinking what? what did you just say? by the way, engineers still don't know how large the sink hole is or whether it's connected to other chasms in the area. >> rick: more on that as we get it. now to that series of forced spending cuts that have gone into effect. president obama signing an order authorizing the government to begin cutting $85 billion from the federal budget. but the fight over how washington spends your tax dollars is far from over. as of right now, the two sides seem miles apart. >> we've already cut $2.5 trillion in our deficit. everybody says we need to cut $4 trillion. which means we have to come up with another trillion and a half. the vast majority of economists agree that the problem, when it comes to deficits, is not the discretionary spending. >> let's make it clear that the president got hits tax hikes on january 1. this discussion about revenue in my view, is over. it's about taking on the spe
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you start looking at our tax laws. under clinton, the last time we had a balanced budget and had surpluses, that was the tax rate that was in place at that time. why can't we go back to that? on the other hand, for a more aggressive and progressive, if we were able to reduce it, get rid of some loopholes and off set credits where the tax cut has grown so inefficiently. you've talked about corporate. corporate individual. >> let me go back to this. politics. president wants to blame republicans for every bad thing, even as he puts it, this is class warfare. republicans want to hang on to $800 billion for tax cuts and that's blocking any grand design deal. your thoughts? >> he's missing the point. we worry about what racing taxes on what group of americans does. it affects everyone. you raise tax rates on the rich and it will hurt the poor. you have four merngs who work for richer americans. when you raise taxes on them, everyone else pays for it. it's that simple. so he's got it backwards. it's not that we're worried ab
you start looking at our tax laws. under clinton, the last time we had a balanced budget and had surpluses, that was the tax rate that was in place at that time. why can't we go back to that? on the other hand, for a more aggressive and progressive, if we were able to reduce it, get rid of some loopholes and off set credits where the tax cut has grown so inefficiently. you've talked about corporate. corporate individual. >> let me go back to this. politics. president wants to blame...
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unruly passengers every day and they're rightly protesting this bone-headed change as is the federal law enforcement officers association. and how long until the nra get in and says, hey, air travelers being unarmed is a threat to their civil liberties. most of the policy change makes sense. now you can bring on board souvenir baseball bats, pool cues, golf clubs, but still no box cutters, no razor blades, no knives that don't fold and no water from outside because stuff. some said the change to allow small pocket knives comes because they're not dangerous. oh. others said small knives are hard for the tsa to detect. so allowing them lowers the tsa's failure rate. oh, that, boys and girls, is what you call moving the goalposts. the tsa's job is to make us safer. this does not do that. and frankly it contributes to my sense that they're doing this sort of kabuki theater or security theater. the faa is also not keeping us safer with the absurd continuation of the ban on using electronic devices during takeoff and landing. why can i read a book, a printed book, but not an ereader? because i
unruly passengers every day and they're rightly protesting this bone-headed change as is the federal law enforcement officers association. and how long until the nra get in and says, hey, air travelers being unarmed is a threat to their civil liberties. most of the policy change makes sense. now you can bring on board souvenir baseball bats, pool cues, golf clubs, but still no box cutters, no razor blades, no knives that don't fold and no water from outside because stuff. some said the change...
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at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> this sunday, the sequester happened. spending cuts now take affect across the board. what will the impact be as washington stumbles along to the next fiscal crisis? >> the president and congressional leaders meet, but no deal. >> none of this is necessary. it's happening because a choice that republicans in congress have made. >> should the president have done more? >> i am not a dictator. i'm the president. >> any chance that the gop will cave on more taxes? >> there's no one in this town who's tried harder to come to an agreement with the president to deal with our long-term spending. no one. >> this morning, my exclusive interview with speaker of the house john boehner. and the white house view from top economic adviser to the president, gene spurling, who found himself in the middle of a feud with bob woodward. >>> and later, insights and analysis from the roundtable. the politics of the budget showdown and some other debates this week. the future of the voting rights act and whether working from home is still ok. >>
at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> this sunday, the sequester happened. spending cuts now take affect across the board. what will the impact be as washington stumbles along to the next fiscal crisis? >> the president and congressional leaders meet, but no deal. >> none of this is necessary. it's happening because a choice that republicans in congress have made. >> should the president have done more? >> i am not a dictator. i'm the president....
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host: what is the law? guest: the law prohibits direct conversion, generally. absent another law, before you would contract out work currently performed by federal employees, you have to perform a cost comparison to try to make sure that the decision to contract out is in the interest of taxpayers. that process right now is under consideration because of such a flawed process. basically, agencies are predicated right now from converting work performed by federal employees to privatize government employee work. host: 80 in massachusetts, republican. -- eddie. caller: i am pessimistic when i hear the l.a. times say they're happy to lower the deficit spending. going from 1.5 trillion to 1.3 trillion, a big deal. federal workers going on in four-the workweek. that's fine. but regarding the pensions, there was a guy in california, a manager who retired, gave himself for a raise, $850,000 per year. he has 90% + $850,000, that gives him $800,000 in pension per year. would you please address spiking intentions? guest: i have read about some of these cases in california
host: what is the law? guest: the law prohibits direct conversion, generally. absent another law, before you would contract out work currently performed by federal employees, you have to perform a cost comparison to try to make sure that the decision to contract out is in the interest of taxpayers. that process right now is under consideration because of such a flawed process. basically, agencies are predicated right now from converting work performed by federal employees to privatize...
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he went to school, never broke a law, raised a wonderful family, good husband, good family. i don't think he's got a speeding ticket. the guy does everything right. and he's really been pretty moderate on guns until the horror of newtown. i don't know what they're so afraid of him for except he happens to be black. is there some reason why he has sparked this explosion in right wing organizing? >> well, i think like you say, chris, i mean, it has to do with his color. what i would say is that with a lot of these groups it's not visceral clamlike racism. it's not we want to send people back to africa or along those lines. it's more i like at the white house, i see a black man there, i feel the culture is changing around me, by the way the economy is terrible. i can't get a job or i'll lose the one i do have. and it melds together in a feeling i've lost my country. somehow this is not the country my forefathers created. so i think there's racism in there. >> let me argue that. there's so much of america that remains traditional. smalltown american life is very much smalltown a
he went to school, never broke a law, raised a wonderful family, good husband, good family. i don't think he's got a speeding ticket. the guy does everything right. and he's really been pretty moderate on guns until the horror of newtown. i don't know what they're so afraid of him for except he happens to be black. is there some reason why he has sparked this explosion in right wing organizing? >> well, i think like you say, chris, i mean, it has to do with his color. what i would say is...
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why do we need the government to do these laws? because tchs bad laws the government did that caused the problem in the first place. government must undo what government did. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. blank blarng. >> beating around the bush. let's play "hardball.">> beatin. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. bush. how long have we heard that name in republican politics? bush. grand pop was senator from connecticut. father ran for the senate seat in texas. lost and got elected to the congress in houston. then went on to be ambassador of the u.n. got stuck during watergate. became ambassador to china and director of the cia. george herbert walker bush waited longer than his long name. then got to run as vice president with ronald reagan. ran again with reagan and won for president at '88 and ran in '92 and lost. then came his sons young george and jeb bush. they ran in 1994. george won in texas. jeb lost in florida. t
why do we need the government to do these laws? because tchs bad laws the government did that caused the problem in the first place. government must undo what government did. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. blank blarng. >> beating around the bush. let's play "hardball.">> beatin. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. bush. how long have...
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so we don't know when the conclave will start, although it has to start before march 20th, by church law. >> father, thanks for your time. i appreciate it. >> thank you, thomas. >>> so don't is ask, don't tell in the nfl. the football league being criticized for asking players during the xween questions about their sexual orientation. i'm going to speak to ravens linebacker brendon ayanbadejo. plus, breaking down the sequester. then jeb bush, can he rebrand the bush name if he has political aspirations to take back the white house? we'll have your comments coming up. hmm, we need a new game. ♪ that'll save the day. ♪ so will bounty select-a-size. it's the smaller powerful sheet. the only one with trap + lock technology. look! one select-a-size sheet of bounty is 50% more absorbent than a full size sheet of the leading ordinary brand. use less. with the small but powerful picker upper, bounty select-a-size. i worked a patrol unit for 17 years in the city of baltimore. when i first started experiencing the pain, it's hard to describe because you have a numbness but yet you have the pai
so we don't know when the conclave will start, although it has to start before march 20th, by church law. >> father, thanks for your time. i appreciate it. >> thank you, thomas. >>> so don't is ask, don't tell in the nfl. the football league being criticized for asking players during the xween questions about their sexual orientation. i'm going to speak to ravens linebacker brendon ayanbadejo. plus, breaking down the sequester. then jeb bush, can he rebrand the bush name if...
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it's worthy of a law with that kind after decision. we don't want to give anybody power to kill an american citizen without due process of law. >> greta: are you surprised that the senators have rallied up to help him out. senator rubio, senator barrasso, senator widen, a democrat, and a body of a hundred senators. >> well, i think more will come in and i think courage ultimately attracts others, and i think that rand paul is showing a level of courage that's historic and that will be remembered for a long time. i mean, if you're a civil libertarian liberal or if you're a constitutionalist conservative, both wings have to be proud of rand paul standing up for the constitutional rights. >> greta: who likes these drones, giving the president power without any sort of a check or any sort of an authority. there's some question we'll discuss it later where it says, he talks about imminent. an imminent being defined very broadly. >> the imminent tool is nonsense. if you read carefully what the white house spokesman said, there are no practic
it's worthy of a law with that kind after decision. we don't want to give anybody power to kill an american citizen without due process of law. >> greta: are you surprised that the senators have rallied up to help him out. senator rubio, senator barrasso, senator widen, a democrat, and a body of a hundred senators. >> well, i think more will come in and i think courage ultimately attracts others, and i think that rand paul is showing a level of courage that's historic and that will...
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president clinton signed even more republican spending cuts into law. the team of clinton and gingrich in the 1990s did not kick the deficit can down the road, they kicked it out of the budget. they effectively eliminated the deficit, and had us on the way to actually building a budget surplus. a surplus that was going to be necessary to help financial future government spending, including two wars that no one knew were coming. that surplus was wiped out in the stroke of a pen when president bush signed his tax cuts into law. the tax cuts that have contributed mightily to our deficit and debts. tax cuts that were, of course, voted for by john boehner. joining me now are karen finney, former dnc communications director and ezra klein columnist for the washington post. both are msnbc analysts. it eliminates history that they lived themselves that some of them deserve credit for, which was what they actually did do in fighting deficits during the 1990s, that newt gingrich and president clinton both contributed a great deal to that effort. >> right, but tha
president clinton signed even more republican spending cuts into law. the team of clinton and gingrich in the 1990s did not kick the deficit can down the road, they kicked it out of the budget. they effectively eliminated the deficit, and had us on the way to actually building a budget surplus. a surplus that was going to be necessary to help financial future government spending, including two wars that no one knew were coming. that surplus was wiped out in the stroke of a pen when president...
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at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >> wall street could easily bear this tax. >> if you make $5 million per year, you have to pay a minimum 30% tax. >> the higher transaction tax on stocks. >> we are asking the rich to contribute more. >> we need a new revenue. >> really creative about taxes, but not so much when it comes to cutting. democrats pushing for this again. liz macdonald says this is going global. would you make of this trend? >> i do not like it at all. it is something that will hit our accounts, we get a sense that whether we are the ones doing it or not. >> it could easily rise up to 60%, in fact, i would like to get to the thick of it. time and again we have seen congress saying that we had to tax everything, even oxygen, despite government spending that is going on. that is where our taxes will have to go. so it is those country and easy to put the switch on these taxes. neil: but it is global. >> it is a bit like southern europe, a lot of people are not happy about it. it they are taxing things a little bit different. >> the deficit reduction, spending cuts, r
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firearms company in colorado is pushing back against federal proposals to overhaul the nation's gun laws. >> kelly: plus, how the daughter of legendary singer james brown is using the same art form that made her father famous to help future generations realize their own dreams. ♪ ♪ ain't no drag ♪ ♪ papa's got a brand new bag ♪ [ male announcer ] this is the opposite of subliminal advertising... there's no subtext... just tacos. yeah, it's our job to make you want it. but honestly... it's not that hard. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. and i have a massive heart attack right in my driveway. the doctor put me on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go talk to your doctor. you're not indestructible anymore. glooking for a litterr. with natural ingredients that helps neutralize odors. discover tidy cats pure nature. uniquely formulated with cedar, pine, and corn. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabet
firearms company in colorado is pushing back against federal proposals to overhaul the nation's gun laws. >> kelly: plus, how the daughter of legendary singer james brown is using the same art form that made her father famous to help future generations realize their own dreams. ♪ ♪ ain't no drag ♪ ♪ papa's got a brand new bag ♪ [ male announcer ] this is the opposite of subliminal advertising... there's no subtext... just tacos. yeah, it's our job to make you want it. but...